Firearm.



N0. 638,75I. Patented Dec. |2,' |899.

H. H. PASSAGE.

FmEAnM.

(Application led May 23, 1898.)

(No Model.)

` Attorneys.

HIRAM H. PASSAGE, OF PLYMOUTH,

MICHIGAN, VASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THE DAISY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

FIREARIVI.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 638,751, dated December 12, 1899.

Application filed May 23, 1898. Serial. No. 681,416. (No model.) I

To @ZZ whom it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, HIRAM H. PASSAGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Plymouth, in the county of Vayne, State of Hichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sporting-Rifles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to sporting-rides; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth, and pointed out particularly in the claims.

The objects ofthe invention are to produce a simple, cheap, and efficient rifle adapted to shoot cartridges of small caliber and in which the. arrangement is such as to provide accuracy, lightness, and efficiency in loading and discharging the shell. These objects are attained by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure '1 is a side elevation of myimproved rifle. Fig. 2 is an enlargedlongitudinal section through the stock, barrel, and firing mechanism, showing the gun loaded and the parts in position for firing, the butt of the stock being broken away. Fig. 3 is a transverse section as on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a like section as on line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective of the plunger and its locking-rod. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section similar to Fig. 2, showing position of parts upon the firing of the rifle. r

Referring to the letters of reference, A designates the gun-stock, and B the barrel, the rear end of which is let into said stock and secured thereto by means of pins c, which pass through the stock and through the depending ears b on the under side of the barrel, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and G. The forward end of the barrel is bored to properly receive the projectile or cartridge, While the rear end of the barrel is hollow and is adapted to receive and confine the reciprocatory plunger C.

YiLhin the extreme rear end of the barrelB is an inner tube D, which is secured in place by means of the pin c, which passes through said parts. The rod E of the plunger C passes rearwardly through said inner tube, and its rear end is beveled, as at e, and provided with an engaging notch e. Crossing the diameter of the inner tube D at its rear end is a plate f, over which the beveled end of the rod E is adapted to ride as said rod is carried rearwardly and with which the shoulder c of said rod is adapted to engage to maintain said rod and the plunger C in a retracted position.

Between the rear end of the plunger C and the forward end of the tube D is a chamber, in which is located acoiled spring F, Which is confined between said plunger and the end of said tube, the rear end of said spring bearing against a Washer g, which embraces the rod E and bears against the forward end of the tube D. Secured in the under side of the plunger C and projecting through a longitudinal slot CZ in the under side of the barrel B is a finger-piece h, which maybe engaged by the finger for the purpose of drawing backward the plunger C and contracting the spring F, at the same time forcing the notch in the rear end of the plunger-rod E to engage the retaining-platef and maintain said plunger in its retracted-position against the action of the spring F.

W'hen the plunger C is retracted, a shellchamber G is formed between the forward end of said plunger and the shoulder which is formed by the thickened portion of the barrel, which is bored to receive the shell of the cartridge. Communicating with said shellchamber is an aperture H, formed in the under side of the barrel, through which the shell is introduced into said chamber. Located in said chamber and occupying the upper arc thereof is a half-round bushing z', which partially fills the upper portion of said chamber and serves to guide the cartridge into the bore of the barrel when inserted through the aperture H in the operation of loading. To accommodate this half-round bushing which is inserted in said shell-chamber, the upper arc of the forward end of the plunger is cut away, as shown at 7c, so that when the plunger is driven forward by means of the spring Ico F said bushing lies within the recess formed by cutting away a portion of its arc, thereby maintaining the plunger perfectly in position and directing it properly against the end of the shell. Formed in the end of the plunger C is a recess o, which is adapted to receive the end of the shell, and projecting from the upper arc of said plunger is a firing-pin o', which is adapted to explode the cartridge. This pin is so located as to puncture and enter the end of the shell, causing the metal of the shell around the puncture to bind said pin, so that upon the retraction of the plunger the shell is withdrawn from the barrel, thereby serving as shell-extractor as well as firing-pin. Upon the withdrawal of the shell of an eX- ploded cartridge it is discharged through the aperture H in the barrel before a succeeding shell is inserted.

When the firing-plunger is drawn back to the cocked position, the beveled end e of the rod E lies upon the upper end of the trigger I, which is pivoted at fr within a recess in the stock, its lower end depending from said recess within the triggerguard K. By pulling upon the lower end of the trigger its upper end, upon which the beveled end of the rod E lies, is raised, thus carrying said rod upwardly and disengaging the notch c' in said rod from the retaining-plate f. The expansive power of the spring will then drive the plunger forward with sufficient force to explode the cartridge. The coiled spring s serves to return the trigger to its normal position.

The forward sight t maybe of any suitable construction, while the rear sight a is fastened at o to the barrel B and has a strap portion w, which extends rearwardly onto the stock and is secured at @o thereto, serving as an additional means to unite the stock and barreh p Having thus fully set forth my invention, what I claim is l. In a riiie, the combination of a hollow barrel having a reduced bore at its forward end adapted to receive the slug of the shell, a shell-chamber in said barrel communicating with said reduced bore, and an opening through the barrel for the introduction of a shell, said opening communicating with the shell-chamber, a reciprocatory plunger within said barrel having at its end Va recess adapted to receive the head of the shell, and a iiringpin projecting from the plunger within said recess adapted to puncture said shell, a finger-piece attached to said plunger and projecting through a slot inthe under side of the barrel, a spring located at the rear of said plunger, a rod passing from said plunger rearwardly through the barrel and having a hook at its rear end, means for engaging said hook to hold said rod retracted, and a trigger mechanism for disengaging said hooked rod.

2. In a rifie, the combination of the barrel having a reduced bore at its forward end, a shell-chamber in the enlarged portion of said barrel adjacent to said reduced bore, a bushing within said shell-chamber lying within the upper arc thereof to direct the shell into said reduced bore, a reciprocatory plunger adapted to lie within said barrel and having a portion of its upper are cut away so as to receive the bushing of the shell-chamber, a spring in the rear ot' said plunger, means for retracting said plunger against said spring, and means for disengaging the plunger to enable the spring to drive it forward against said shell.

3. In a ri'lie,'the combination of the hollow barrel having a reduced bore at its forward end adapted to receive the cartridge-shell, a reciprocatory plunger located within the enlarged portion of the barrel and adapted to enter the shell-chamber and engage the shell when in position for firing, a tube located within the barrel at its rear end, a spring confined between the forward end of said tube and the rear end of said plunger, a transverse plate crossing the lower arc of said tube at its rear end, the rod extending rearwardly from said plunger and having a notch adapted to engage said plate, and the trigger adapted to receive the rear end of said rod to raise said notch from said plate and enable the spring to drive said plunger forward.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

HIRAM Il. PASSAGE.

Vitnesses:

FRANK B. PARK, E. S. WHEELER. 

